Herbarium JCB

Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.

Family : ORCHIDACEAE
(ORCHID FAMILY)
Family (as per The Plant List) : Orchidaceae
Species : Habenaria plantaginea
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Habenaria plantaginea Lindl.
Collection Nos : HJCB-0196
Collector(s) Name : K.Sankara Rao, K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.
Collection Date : 26/11/14
Collection Locality : Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district, Andhra Pradesh State
Habitat : Open deciduous forest
Habit : Herb
Flower, Fruit : September-December
Comments : Often on plains to the floor of scrub jungles, at the foothills by border of thickets with some direct sunlight, or on the hills to 900 m, on the slopes.
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Distribution Locality : Kolar district (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; West Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district, Srikakulam district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State); Keonjhar district, Ganjam district, Gajapati district, Gandamardhan Hills (Bargarh district), Similipal Hills (Mayurbhanj district) (Odisha State)
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Himalaya
Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3 ; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T, O.A. Kumar & M. Venkaiah (2015). Vascular plant diversity in the sacred grove of Modapalli in Viskhapatnam District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(10): 7683-7690
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Habenaria plantaginea. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.